Characterization of the upper pathway genes for fluorene metabolism in Terrabacter sp. strain DBF63

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5938-5944

  Habe, Hiroshi ^a   Chung, Jin Sung ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Ayabe, Yuko ^a   Kasuga, Kano ^b   Yoshida, Takako ^a   Nojiri, Hideaki ^a   Yamane, Hisakazu ^a   Omori, Toshio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1A DIHYDROXY 1 HYDRO 9 FLUORENONE; 2' CARBOXY 2,3 DIHYDROXYBIPHENYL; 9 FLUORENOL; 9 FLUORENONE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL DIOXYGENASE; FLUORENE; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; PROTEIN DBFA; PROTEIN FLNB; PROTEIN FLND; PROTEIN FLNE; SERINE DEHYDRATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TERRABACTER;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CATECHOLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLUORENES; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROLASES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGENASES; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TERRABACTER; TERRABACTER SP.; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 4344610106     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5938-5944.2004     Document Type: Article

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